George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was born in Seattle, Washington, though he spent much of his childhood in Japan. Tsutakawa was an internationally recognized artist of Japanese American heritage. A native and longtime resident of Seattle, he was a painter, sculptor, and fountain maker. He made an art form of water, setting a world record not only for our age but probably for all of history to date in having created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Their shapes, like his own life, marry Japanese and American sensibilities. Tsutakawa taught at the University of Washington for more than 30 years, and received honorary degrees from Whitman College and Seattle University.